Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe heritage near Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen: 6 places in a 100 km radius
From Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen, look 98 km away, to Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 13% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
6 historic places within 100 km of Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen
Closest of all is Sicamous, in Penticton, 56 km off. By age, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Grand Forks, British Columbia” leads, from 1900, at 73 km. Similkameen Spirit Trail, 72 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| SicamousHeritage designation · 56 km away, in Penticton |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 56 km away, in Penticton |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 72 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Grand Forks, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 73 km away, in Grand Forks |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 89 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 98 km away, in Kelowna |
The biggest share of Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 32%
At 14%, Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen’s share of pre-1961 homes is under the typical town’s 18%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 20% of Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen’s, against 15% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen and its neighbours
Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen in brief
Few of its homes are old, 14% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen; Sicamous, in Penticton, is 56 km away.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen?
The 2021 Census dates 14% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).